AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION ASSOCIATED WITH LOCKED-IN SYNDROME IN A CHILD

This is a report of a young boy with the unusual combination of autono mic dysfunction with locked-in syndrome following multiple shunt revis ions for hydrocephalus. A review of the literature on autonomic dysfun ction syndrome and the complex clinical picture of the combined syndro mes in a pediatric patient are discussed. The marked effectiveness of treatment with carbidopa/levodopa over bromocriptine for both syndrome s is noted.